Richard Campion

Richard Campion (born 11 March 1941) is an English-born former competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships and England at the Commonwealth Games. He later became a respected Australian swimming administrator.

Swimming career In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool and subsequently represented the English team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where he competed in the 220 yards butterfly event.

He won a bronze medal in the 880-yard freestyle relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. He also won a bronze medal in the 1500-metre freestyle at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships. the 1961 and 1962 mile titles. and the 220 yards butterfly title in 1957.

Open water Since 1967, he has been promoting open-water swimming; around that time, he also moved from the United Kingdom to Australia. He took part in several international competitions in 1975 and 1976 and won the 1976 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships. The same year, he was elected president of the now-defunct World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation. Between 1977 and 1979, he was the president of the Australian Marathon Swimming Federation and a member of the Australian Open Water Swimming Committee from 1988 to 2001.